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this one's for of the young viewers especially those I'm sure if where they see themselves in ten or so years now I don't intend for this video to be solely one of encouragement I'll be very blunt as usual but I also want especially those of you in your teen years to be hopeful for your futures and not be afraid of the daunting classes ahead of you should you choose the engineers career path the be quiet dark base 700 brings luxury and silence to the mainstream luxury thanks to subtle RGB integration full case modularity and even USB type-c support and silence thanks to three included silent wings three fans and sound damping foam all around click the link in this video's description for more details a little disclosure upfront I do have an engineering degree it's why I feel comfortable enough talking about this subject I got it from the University of Louisiana here in the United States and my concentration was petroleum which overlaps with mechanical and civil engineering to some extent as well as chemistry in a few places we all for instance had to take thermodynamics fluid dynamics statics and mechanics of materials and electrical circuits so the general core engineering classes I graduated with a 3.8 GPA and only received one C while in school we'll talk about that later but mostly A's a few B's so the first question people ask me about the engineering program is how difficult the math was right this is a valid question for sure stem programs often require the highest level of mathematics and this curriculum was no exception you'll want to take care of your algebras geometry and trigonometry as soon as possible I recommend in high school if your high school offers those courses just because it tends to hold students up in college and prevent them from advancing in their engineering courses sooner and as far as college maybe your goal should be to advance through the curriculum as quickly as possible the sooner you graduate the sooner you can start making money and that's kind of a point after all right I took calculus one in high school and again my first year in college as a refresher and I'm glad I did this covers primarily derivatives and limits there are these simple concepts to grasp but long form problems can be a bit difficult so if you do your homework and ask relevant questions you should get through this one without a hitch my bigger issue was calculus - that was the next required math course in the curriculum here the emphasis is integrals essentially the opposite of derivatives issue isn't so much the concept it was more or less the multi-step process that was required to arrive at the correct answer so one incorrect step and depending on the professor or TA you could end up with no awarded points I received a B in this course my first test grade in fact was a 51 and I picked it up to a 91 the next test followed by a 96 and then an 82 on my final because for some reason they feel like throwing all their finals in on the same day which is never good for any student trying to cram last minute they're just kidding don't do that the next math class was differential equations my professor wasn't the greatest but I had several mathematicians on YouTube to help me along the way it's one of the reasons why I got into YouTube in the first place I wanted to teach people what I was learning I ended up with an a after again bombing my first test I don't know why that was a recurring theme but yeah I adjusted after the first test or so something else I had to take quite a bit of in school with statistics for some reason I had three in total one with an emphasis in business and the other two in theory and application stat is a different kind of math altogether and shouldn't be as daunting in the long run as calculus one two and three I'll say this in closing about math and the engineering curriculum if I can do it you can too and I'm not just saying that because it's the right thing to say it's just I was never really great at it I was pretty average just determined to pass and keep my grades up and as long as you have that drive to and study and do your homework you'll be able to make it through as well my brother is actually the math guy I don't really have that I don't know that gene I guess some people are just wired to understand math and pick it up so quick and that was not me it took me you know two or three hours to pick up a full concept and then to again apply it on paper in homework problems took another two or three hours so yeah about a full day's worth of studying would would get me to where I needed to be after that lesson in class at this point though the roads diverged if you are interested in computer science or electrical or software engineering it becomes a very different ballgame than traditional mechanics so engineering was always about reciprocating forces right energy transfer is basically how we manipulate those transfers with machines but electrical engineering and corporates topics that are very difficult to conceptualize at least for me transistor theory for example DC was easy but AC analyses were always stumping me it's vastly different from what Kanaka engineering major would study in his or her fourth year and that's why I recommend thoroughly reading up on each of these concentrations before declaring a major these are life and death situations here I'm gonna go off script for a second and say this about the difference between mechanical engineering and something like Electrical if you're a very hands-on person you have to see it to understand it the mechanical engineer is gonna be a bit more tailored to you I would say if you are just a numbers guy and you can pick up languages or patterns very quickly Electrical Engineering is gonna be more your thing it's I don't know why it plays out like that it just does it's how we conceptualize these topics I can say from the few courses I took that had like an electrical engineering emphasis to an extent but it was not the topic for me my dad's an electrical engineer and I always thought it'd be cool to do what my dad does because if he's good I'll be good at it right but no not at all I am much more visual and I like having my hands on things that I'm actually learning about and it's difficult to do that with electrical engineering because everything is like digital or it's you know in a circuit you can't really do anything with that with that said though the one C I ever received in my entire life I received in thermodynamics and I think I received that grade because I had a professor who consistently talked about his accomplishments at NASA and who neglected to talk about the relevant topics to put into our tests so yeah I would go into the test with absolutely no knowledge about a chapter and I would have to use common sense kind of reason my way through some of the subjects in other cases my brother and I both would have no clue how to work out problems of course emailing him is impossible because you know he's got a hundred and fifty students to worry about at the same time so our email gets washed through the spam folder and we're left with nothing but our own devices and Wikipedia which ended up ultimately saving my grade prevented me from failing and it's sad to lean on a website like Wikipedia but that was really the only way I could conceptualize some of the topics that we were supposed to discuss in class and this ties in with something else that you should consider how much time and effort you're willing to put into your college degree if you expect to flow by with minimal effort and care into your work then you shouldn't be an engineer you shouldn't even be in college if you ask me but I'd much rather you waste your time in the business field for example where it's much easier and where you won't be able to physically harm anyone from neglect or a lack of knowledge in my field in particular there are several warning signs when drilling and producing that we learn about in school failure to identify any of these could result in something similar to what happened with Piper alpha this is something we all had to learn about in my concentration 167 people died on account of an open condensate injection pump you don't know what that means just know that gas leak throughout the rig resulting in several explosions these are a life and death situations the pursuit of which in any university should not be taken lightly but that said several colleagues in my class alone never even bothered showing up to class or studying for tests their grades reflected this behavior though a few were still allowed to pass look my point being a business major who really messes up one day on Wall Street isn't gonna kill 167 people at least I hope not but in the engineering field this happens a lot and it's pretty sad but it usually happens through neglect or from not knowing what you're doing so should you consider an engineering degree well if you're watching this video and have high hopes for your future then yes now look I don't mean to scare you from anything I've talked about this video and I'm not saying that everyone should go to college of course they're gonna be people who decide that College does not have necessary value that they see in it the utility that they are desiring and they're gonna forego that for some other career path some other option and maybe they'll be more successful without the degree than if they had it but if you're considering college in general then you probably should go to college just because you already see value in it right enough to consider it and I really think that that can be the deciding factor between getting a job and not getting one many jobs out there require college degrees regardless of how stupid they are you know they could be a stupid as basket-weaving but if you have a college degree that's all that matters so playing the game to an extent yes matters look that piece of paper really doesn't matter at the end of the day for a lot of people out there who are looking to hire so you know something to consider just because I have a college degree doesn't mean I'm any more intelligent than anyone who doesn't have one it's just something that I'm proud of because I didn't have to do it but I did it in order to set myself apart from other people who might want the same job I do like anything else is an investment worth making in my book and I don't think you should be afraid of the math in particular if you're dedicated to in practicing the material I'd say the best all-around engineering degrees are mechanical and electrical just because you can take those really anywhere but the ones with the most potential and highest salaries are generally the more specific ones like software chemical and petroleum engineering and despite not using mine at this point in time I don't regret my pursuit of it it's a great resume builder so if I decided to be something else in the long run I'll have that on my belt under my belt in my belt how do you how do you say that so what is next for me graduating December with my Masters in Business Administration I'm working on that right now online it's a great program through ul and yeah I'll be graduating at the end of this year what I'll do with that degree who knows I might never use it in my life but that's okay but it's more or less an insurance policy that at least is the goal but I will say for the time being I'm very happy doing what I'm doing now creating videos for all of you for alternately being my own boss at the end of the day getting to be in control of my own destiny how much money I make is ultimately determined by how many views I receive on videos and being creative is what determines how many views I receive in videos so it's it's a drive for me and it's something that I don't think I'd have in the regular work force this is a very unique opportunity I think for all of you from making it happen speaking of which this topic today that I just filmed this last minute I brought it up because someone asked this and in the live stream we had last night so every Sunday night we have a live streaming session that we call after hours and I usually try to keep it pretty casual we'll do some weird things every now and then where you can call and ask questions but it's ultimately gonna be a Q&A every week so you guys have a chance to ask questions get to know me more on a personal level if you want and maybe have your specific questions about your rigs answered in the live stream so thank you for whoever asked this question I forgot who it was but this was a really interesting topic and I do receive this question a lot which is why I decided to answer it in a dedicated video like this one speaking of which if you like this video be sure to give this one a thumbs up I appreciate it thumbs down for the opposite click write subscribe and if you have already stay tuned for more 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